2026-27 Men's Ice Hockey Roster
Jersey Number 12
Sam Harris
- Position:
- Forward
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 190
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- San Diego, California
- NHL:
- Montreal Canadiens | 5th Round | 133rd Overall | 2023 NHL Draft
- Last Team:
- Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
NHL: Selected by the Montreal Canadiens in Round 5 (No. 133 Overall) of the 2023 NHL Draft.
Honors and Awards: 2x NCAA National Champion (2024, 2026) … 2026 NCAA West Regional All-Tournament Team … All-NCHC Third Team (2024-25) … 2024-25 AHCA All-American Scholar ... 3x NCHC Academic Honor Roll (2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26) … 3x NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete (2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26) … NCHC Forward of the Week (Nov. 11, 2024) … NCHC Rookie of the Week (March 4, 2024) ... NCHC Preseason All-Conference Team (2025-26)
2026-27: Enters his senior season as the nation’s active leader in goals with 52 in his career … His 11 career game-winning goals are presently tied for ninth-most in program history.
2025-26: Participated in the Montreal Canadiens development camp in July 2025 ... Named to the NCHC Preseason All-Conference Team on Sept. 17. Played in all 43 games and tied for second on the team in overall scoring and matched a personal best with 35 points … Ranked third on the Pioneers with 15 goals, marking his third college campaign with at least 14 tallies … Was fourth on the team with 20 assists, and his four power-play goals ranked third on the squad … Registered 47 penalty minutes to tie for first on DU, while his 132 shots on goal were second-highest and the most by the forwards … Combined for four points (2g/2a) in four NCAA Tournament games as he helped the program win its 11th national title and his second as a player (2024, 2026) … Voted onto the NCAA West Regional All-Tournament Team after scoring in both games and combining for three points against Cornell (1g/1a) and Western Michigan (1g/0a) on March 27-29 in Loveland, Colo. … Had an assist, +2 plus/minus rating and two penalty minutes in Denver's double-overtime win against No. 1 overall seed Michigan in the NCAA Frozen Four Semifinals on April 9 in Las Vegas … Had two shots and two blocks to help DU beat Wisconsin and win his second national title on April 11 … Recorded two multi-goal games during the year, with both coming against Arizona State … Tallied twice and had a career-high eight shots on goal vs. ASU on Nov. 22 in Tempe before registering his second career three-point outing (2g/1a) on Feb. 27 in a matchup vs. the Sun Devils at Magness Arena … Became the fifth active player to score his 50th career goal by doing so on Feb. 27 vs. the Sun Devils, making him the 63rd player in program history to reach the half-century mark and the first since Carter King on March 28, 2025 vs. Providence in the NCAA Tournament … Both of his goals at home vs. the Sun Devils came in a matter of 2:05 of the second period, marking the quickest two tallies by a DU player during the season … Played in his 100th career game against Minnesota on Nov. 29 in the 2025 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game at Ball Arena … Blocked a career-high three shots on Dec. 6 vs. Miami … Matched a career-long point streak with a nine-game run from Nov. 8-Dec. 12 (5g/5a), marking his third career point stretch of at least eight games … Went on a personal-best, seven-game assist streak from Feb. 7-March 7, 2026, the longest of the season by a Pioneer.
2024-25: Led the team with a career-high 23 goals, ranking tied for ninth in the NCAA … Ranked first in the nation with 11 power-play goals and finished fifth on DU with 13 power-play points (11g/2a) … Paced the Pioneers and tied for fourth in the country with seven game-winning markers, tied for the fourth-most in a season in DU history and the most since Jarid Lukosevicius in 2018-19 (7) … Added 12 assists to place tied for fifth on the squad with 35 points, both personal bests … Second on DU with a .183 shooting percentage and ranked fourth on the team with 126 total shots on goal … Ranked third on the team with 42 penalty minutes and ended the campaign with a +14 plus/minus rating … Began the season with two goals on Oct. 5 at Alaska Anchorage, the first of three multi-goal and nine multi-point outings during the year … Tallied 10 goals in his first 10 games he played (Oct. 5-Nov. 15) … Went on a four-game goal streak from Oct. 18-26 (4g/2a), tying both a career long and a team season best … Also went on a career-long nine-game point streak during that goal-scoring run from Oct. 18-Nov. 16, 2024 (8g/6a) … Scored in three straight games from Nov. 8-15 (4g/1a) … Registered a pair of assists on Nov. 1 at Yale … Missed the first game of his collegiate career due to an upper-body injury on Nov. 2 at Yale … Scored the game-winning goal in three consecutive games (Nov. 8-9 vs. Lindenwood and Nov. 15 at North Dakota), the first Pioneer to do so in the last four years … Played in his 50th career game on Nov. 8 vs. Lindenwood and Finished the two-game series with LU with three goals, earning his first NCHC Forward of the Week award on Nov. 11 … Scored three goals on Feb. 8 at Arizona State for his first career hat trick and three-point game of his career … Was the second of two hat tricks by Pioneers during the season (Zeev Buium, Nov. 15 at North Dakota) and tallied his three goals in a matter of 27:43 for the fastest three goals by a DU player since Tristan Broz (6:57) on Jan. 14, 2023 vs. Miami … Two of his goals on Feb. 8 were on the power play, the second time he netted two power-play markers in an outing (Oct. 5 at Alaska Anchorage) … Registered his 50th career point with a goal on Feb. 1 vs. Omaha … Fired a personal-best seven shots on goal Recorded a career-high and team season-most 16 penalty minutes on Feb. 15 vs. North Dakota … Reached the 20-goal threshold by scoring the game-winner on March 7 vs. Colorado College … Added two assists the next night at CC on March 8 … Tallied in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff Semifinals vs. Arizona State on March 21 in St. Paul, Minn. … Scored in the NCAA Regional Semifinals vs. Providence on March 28 in Manchester, N.H. ... Attended the Montreal Canadiens' development camp in July 2024.
2023-24: Totaled 14 goals and seven assists for 21 points while playing in 42-of-44 games as a freshman … Tied for fifth on the squad with three power-play goals and finished with 86 shots, a +13 plus/minus rating and 27 penalty minutes … Had five multi-point outings, with three being multi-goal performances … Recorded his first career points with a pair of assists and had a +3 plus/minus rating in his NCAA debut in the season opener on Oct. 8 at Alaska Fairbanks … Scored his first career goal on Nov. 4 at Colorado College and added a second tally two games later on Nov. 11 at Arizona State … Picked up his first career two-goal contest on Feb. 17 at Minnesota Duluth, which began a season-best four-game goal streak from Feb. 17-March 1 (6g/0a) … That stretch was also part of a season-long five-game point streak from Feb. 16-March 1 (6g/1a) … Earned his first career game-winning goal by tallying twice in the first period on March 1 at St. Cloud State … Picked up his first conference award as NCHC Rookie of the Week on March 4 … Had a season-high five shots and buried two goals in the regular-season finale on March 9 vs. Colorado College, which also began a four-game point streak (2g/4a) … Finished the season with 14 points (9g/5a) in the final 16 games, including a stretch where he had 13 points (8g/5a) in 11 outings from Feb. 16-March 22 … Produced a season-long three-game assist stretch during the NCHC Tournament from March 15-22 (0g/4a) … Recorded two assists in Game 1 of the NCHC Quarterfinals vs. Minnesota Duluth on March 15 and added another helper the next day in Game 2 vs. UMD … Registered an assist in the Frozen Faceoff Semifinals vs. St. Cloud State on March 22 … Made his NCAA Tournament debut in the Northeast Regional Semifinals vs. Massachusetts on March 28 … Scored the game-winning goal vs. Cornell in the NCAA Regional Final on March 30 to help the Pioneers secure a berth to the Frozen Four.
Before Denver: Spent the previous two seasons with the Sioux Falls Stampede of the USHL, combining for 91 points (46g/45a) in 116 games … Recorded career highs with 30 goals, 26 assists and 56 points in 56 games with the Stampede during the 2022-23 campaign … Tied for eighth in the USHL in goals during the year … Had 35 points (16g/19a) in 60 USHL contests in 2021-22 … Spent three years with Shattuck-St. Mary’s prep school in Faribault, Minn., recording 30 or more points each season … Had 21 goals and 16 assists for 37 points in 2020-21 with SSM … Scored two goals in six games and helped the United States win gold at the 2022 World Jr. A Challenge … Product of the San Diego Jr. Gulls and played for the Anaheim Jr. Ducks in 2017-18 … Competed in the 2015 Quebec International Pee-Wee Tournament with the San Diego Jr. Gulls.
Personal: Has a younger sister … Father was a reserve for the Canadian show jumping team for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics … Graduated high school in 2021 from Shattuck-St. Mary’s prep … Named to the high school honor roll several times for having a 3.8 GPA or better … Intends to major in marketing/business at DU … Career goals include winning a national championship and DU and to play in the NHL after college … Hobbies include golf, going to the beach and hanging out with friends.
Why DU: "DU felt like home as soon as I came here for the first time. Between hockey and school, I don’t see a better place for me to pursue my dreams.”
Honors and Awards: 2x NCAA National Champion (2024, 2026) … 2026 NCAA West Regional All-Tournament Team … All-NCHC Third Team (2024-25) … 2024-25 AHCA All-American Scholar ... 3x NCHC Academic Honor Roll (2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26) … 3x NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete (2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26) … NCHC Forward of the Week (Nov. 11, 2024) … NCHC Rookie of the Week (March 4, 2024) ... NCHC Preseason All-Conference Team (2025-26)
2026-27: Enters his senior season as the nation’s active leader in goals with 52 in his career … His 11 career game-winning goals are presently tied for ninth-most in program history.
2025-26: Participated in the Montreal Canadiens development camp in July 2025 ... Named to the NCHC Preseason All-Conference Team on Sept. 17. Played in all 43 games and tied for second on the team in overall scoring and matched a personal best with 35 points … Ranked third on the Pioneers with 15 goals, marking his third college campaign with at least 14 tallies … Was fourth on the team with 20 assists, and his four power-play goals ranked third on the squad … Registered 47 penalty minutes to tie for first on DU, while his 132 shots on goal were second-highest and the most by the forwards … Combined for four points (2g/2a) in four NCAA Tournament games as he helped the program win its 11th national title and his second as a player (2024, 2026) … Voted onto the NCAA West Regional All-Tournament Team after scoring in both games and combining for three points against Cornell (1g/1a) and Western Michigan (1g/0a) on March 27-29 in Loveland, Colo. … Had an assist, +2 plus/minus rating and two penalty minutes in Denver's double-overtime win against No. 1 overall seed Michigan in the NCAA Frozen Four Semifinals on April 9 in Las Vegas … Had two shots and two blocks to help DU beat Wisconsin and win his second national title on April 11 … Recorded two multi-goal games during the year, with both coming against Arizona State … Tallied twice and had a career-high eight shots on goal vs. ASU on Nov. 22 in Tempe before registering his second career three-point outing (2g/1a) on Feb. 27 in a matchup vs. the Sun Devils at Magness Arena … Became the fifth active player to score his 50th career goal by doing so on Feb. 27 vs. the Sun Devils, making him the 63rd player in program history to reach the half-century mark and the first since Carter King on March 28, 2025 vs. Providence in the NCAA Tournament … Both of his goals at home vs. the Sun Devils came in a matter of 2:05 of the second period, marking the quickest two tallies by a DU player during the season … Played in his 100th career game against Minnesota on Nov. 29 in the 2025 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game at Ball Arena … Blocked a career-high three shots on Dec. 6 vs. Miami … Matched a career-long point streak with a nine-game run from Nov. 8-Dec. 12 (5g/5a), marking his third career point stretch of at least eight games … Went on a personal-best, seven-game assist streak from Feb. 7-March 7, 2026, the longest of the season by a Pioneer.
2024-25: Led the team with a career-high 23 goals, ranking tied for ninth in the NCAA … Ranked first in the nation with 11 power-play goals and finished fifth on DU with 13 power-play points (11g/2a) … Paced the Pioneers and tied for fourth in the country with seven game-winning markers, tied for the fourth-most in a season in DU history and the most since Jarid Lukosevicius in 2018-19 (7) … Added 12 assists to place tied for fifth on the squad with 35 points, both personal bests … Second on DU with a .183 shooting percentage and ranked fourth on the team with 126 total shots on goal … Ranked third on the team with 42 penalty minutes and ended the campaign with a +14 plus/minus rating … Began the season with two goals on Oct. 5 at Alaska Anchorage, the first of three multi-goal and nine multi-point outings during the year … Tallied 10 goals in his first 10 games he played (Oct. 5-Nov. 15) … Went on a four-game goal streak from Oct. 18-26 (4g/2a), tying both a career long and a team season best … Also went on a career-long nine-game point streak during that goal-scoring run from Oct. 18-Nov. 16, 2024 (8g/6a) … Scored in three straight games from Nov. 8-15 (4g/1a) … Registered a pair of assists on Nov. 1 at Yale … Missed the first game of his collegiate career due to an upper-body injury on Nov. 2 at Yale … Scored the game-winning goal in three consecutive games (Nov. 8-9 vs. Lindenwood and Nov. 15 at North Dakota), the first Pioneer to do so in the last four years … Played in his 50th career game on Nov. 8 vs. Lindenwood and Finished the two-game series with LU with three goals, earning his first NCHC Forward of the Week award on Nov. 11 … Scored three goals on Feb. 8 at Arizona State for his first career hat trick and three-point game of his career … Was the second of two hat tricks by Pioneers during the season (Zeev Buium, Nov. 15 at North Dakota) and tallied his three goals in a matter of 27:43 for the fastest three goals by a DU player since Tristan Broz (6:57) on Jan. 14, 2023 vs. Miami … Two of his goals on Feb. 8 were on the power play, the second time he netted two power-play markers in an outing (Oct. 5 at Alaska Anchorage) … Registered his 50th career point with a goal on Feb. 1 vs. Omaha … Fired a personal-best seven shots on goal Recorded a career-high and team season-most 16 penalty minutes on Feb. 15 vs. North Dakota … Reached the 20-goal threshold by scoring the game-winner on March 7 vs. Colorado College … Added two assists the next night at CC on March 8 … Tallied in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff Semifinals vs. Arizona State on March 21 in St. Paul, Minn. … Scored in the NCAA Regional Semifinals vs. Providence on March 28 in Manchester, N.H. ... Attended the Montreal Canadiens' development camp in July 2024.
2023-24: Totaled 14 goals and seven assists for 21 points while playing in 42-of-44 games as a freshman … Tied for fifth on the squad with three power-play goals and finished with 86 shots, a +13 plus/minus rating and 27 penalty minutes … Had five multi-point outings, with three being multi-goal performances … Recorded his first career points with a pair of assists and had a +3 plus/minus rating in his NCAA debut in the season opener on Oct. 8 at Alaska Fairbanks … Scored his first career goal on Nov. 4 at Colorado College and added a second tally two games later on Nov. 11 at Arizona State … Picked up his first career two-goal contest on Feb. 17 at Minnesota Duluth, which began a season-best four-game goal streak from Feb. 17-March 1 (6g/0a) … That stretch was also part of a season-long five-game point streak from Feb. 16-March 1 (6g/1a) … Earned his first career game-winning goal by tallying twice in the first period on March 1 at St. Cloud State … Picked up his first conference award as NCHC Rookie of the Week on March 4 … Had a season-high five shots and buried two goals in the regular-season finale on March 9 vs. Colorado College, which also began a four-game point streak (2g/4a) … Finished the season with 14 points (9g/5a) in the final 16 games, including a stretch where he had 13 points (8g/5a) in 11 outings from Feb. 16-March 22 … Produced a season-long three-game assist stretch during the NCHC Tournament from March 15-22 (0g/4a) … Recorded two assists in Game 1 of the NCHC Quarterfinals vs. Minnesota Duluth on March 15 and added another helper the next day in Game 2 vs. UMD … Registered an assist in the Frozen Faceoff Semifinals vs. St. Cloud State on March 22 … Made his NCAA Tournament debut in the Northeast Regional Semifinals vs. Massachusetts on March 28 … Scored the game-winning goal vs. Cornell in the NCAA Regional Final on March 30 to help the Pioneers secure a berth to the Frozen Four.
Before Denver: Spent the previous two seasons with the Sioux Falls Stampede of the USHL, combining for 91 points (46g/45a) in 116 games … Recorded career highs with 30 goals, 26 assists and 56 points in 56 games with the Stampede during the 2022-23 campaign … Tied for eighth in the USHL in goals during the year … Had 35 points (16g/19a) in 60 USHL contests in 2021-22 … Spent three years with Shattuck-St. Mary’s prep school in Faribault, Minn., recording 30 or more points each season … Had 21 goals and 16 assists for 37 points in 2020-21 with SSM … Scored two goals in six games and helped the United States win gold at the 2022 World Jr. A Challenge … Product of the San Diego Jr. Gulls and played for the Anaheim Jr. Ducks in 2017-18 … Competed in the 2015 Quebec International Pee-Wee Tournament with the San Diego Jr. Gulls.
Personal: Has a younger sister … Father was a reserve for the Canadian show jumping team for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics … Graduated high school in 2021 from Shattuck-St. Mary’s prep … Named to the high school honor roll several times for having a 3.8 GPA or better … Intends to major in marketing/business at DU … Career goals include winning a national championship and DU and to play in the NHL after college … Hobbies include golf, going to the beach and hanging out with friends.
Why DU: "DU felt like home as soon as I came here for the first time. Between hockey and school, I don’t see a better place for me to pursue my dreams.”
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